Oil Can Boyd

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 155lb (185cm, 70kg)

Born: October 6, 1959 in Meridian, MS us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 16th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Jackson State University (Jackson, MS).

High School: Meridian HS (Meridian, MS)

School: Jackson State University (Jackson, MS)

Debut: September 13, 1982 (Age 22-342d, 14,678th in major league history)
vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: October 1, 1991 (Age 31-360d)
vs. SEA 2.2 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1983 season

Agents: George Kalafatis • Previously: Dennis Coleman

Full Name: Dennis Ray Boyd

Nicknames: Oil Can

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.3

ERA

4.04

214

207

1389.2

799

WHIP

1.292

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-10 / in Starts: 13-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	120	4	Apr 8	BOS	@	TEX	W,4-0	GS-7	W(1-0)	99	6.0	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.60	26	97	64	15	10	7	16	7	3	0	57			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.230	1.24	0.15%	2.00	1b start a 1	7b 12- 0 out a3
2	121	8	Apr 13	BOS		MIL	W,6-3	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.2	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	2.13	3.56	26	96	57	12	7	9	11	5	3	0	54			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.182	1.19	0.15%	2.12	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a3
3	122	13	Apr 18	BOS		TEX	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	3	2	2	1	3	2	0	2.29	4.45	24	70	52	15	10	4	14	3	3	2	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.226	.99	0.16%	1.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
4	123	18	Apr 28	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS-6	L(2-1)	9	6.0	7	5	4	2	2	1	1	3.16	4.76	28	93	57	12	6	9	14	5	4	0	40			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	1	2	.52	-0.208	.83	-0.20%	-2.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	124	23	May 3	BOS		KCR	L,3-9	GS-5	L(2-2)	4	4.1	5	6	5	3	4	0	0	4.20	4.50	22	82	51	9	7	6	9	3	2	0	32			3	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.259	1.42	-0.22%	-2.65	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
6	125	28	May 8	BOS	@	MIN	W,10-6	GS-5	W(3-2)	4	5.0	6	6	4	3	1	3	0	4.63	5.57	25	88	53	9	6	7	12	5	2	2	33			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.18	-0.430	1.39	-0.30%	-3.51	1b start a 2	5b 3 out tie
7	126	31	May 13	BOS		SEA	W,14-8	GS-6	W(4-2)	4	6.0	10	6	6	0	2	3	0	5.27	6.01	25	81	49	13	3	8	12	5	0	3	30			0	0	0	25	2	1	0	1	0	0	.54	0.107	.65	0.08%	-2.95	1t start tie	6t 3 out a7
8	127	36	May 18	BOS		OAK	W,4-1	GS-8	W(5-2)	4	8.0	6	1	1	4	4	0	0	4.59	5.56	33	132	78	16	11	9	16	5	1	0	66			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	0.370	1.31	0.24%	3.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
9	128	40	May 23	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-14	GS-2	L(5-3)	4	1.0	7	6	6	1	1	3	0	5.58	6.31	11	40	25	6	6	2	7	2	0	0	15			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.436	.93	-0.28%	-5.88	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 0 out d5
10	129	44	May 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,5-7	GS-4		4	3.2	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	6.04	6.03	21	58	36	8	7	5	10	8	0	0	27			1	0	0	18	2	1	0	0	1	0	.94	-0.363	.68	-0.16%	-3.53	1b start a 1	4b 12- 2 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	130	49	Jun 3	BOS		TOR	L,3-6	GS-6	L(5-4)	5	5.1	7	6	6	3	1	0	0	6.41	5.85	23	81	49	10	4	6	13	9	2	0	28			0	2	0	19	3	1	0	1	1	0	1.07	-0.371	.79	-0.16%	-2.90	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d2
12	131	53	Jun 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(5-5)	3	8.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	6.18	5.46	32	106	71	20	7	15	11	1	1	0	52			0	1	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.077	.64	-0.03%	-0.13	1b start a 3	8b 3 out d1
13	132	57	Jun 12	BOS	@	TOR	W,8-2	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	8.0	8	2	2	2	2	0	0	5.76	5.20	31	108	64	15	3	15	12	3	0	0	58			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.43	0.106	.18	0.03%	1.91	1b start a 5	8b 3 out a6
14	133	62	Jun 17	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	1	0	5.42	5.08	32	133	89	20	13	9	13	5	0	1	65			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.210	.56	0.06%	1.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
15	134	67	Jun 22	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	GS-8	L(6-6)	4	7.1	8	3	3	1	5	2	0	5.28	5.10	30	98	65	15	9	7	15	4	1	2	54			1	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.008	.89	0.00%	1.47	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out d1
16	135	71	Jun 27	BOS		CLE	W,9-5	GS-6		4	5.1	11	5	5	2	3	1	0	5.46	5.11	30	89	60	10	12	10	15	6	2	0	27			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.43	-0.309	1.18	-0.15%	-2.63	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	136	75	Jul 2	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-3	GS-8	L(6-7)	4	7.1	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	5.33	4.94	30	93	58	15	8	10	15	6	5	0	53			0	0	0	27	4	0	1	1	0	0	.84	0.014	.75	0.01%	0.38	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out d1
18	137	80	Jul 7	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS-6	W(7-7)	4	6.0	9	3	2	1	6	2	0	5.20	4.98	27	79	55	16	9	11	7	3	2	2	49			1	1	0	26	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.007	.61	0.00%	-0.01	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
19	138	88	Jul 16	BOS		KCR	W,7-6	GS-3		8	2.0	7	4	4	1	2	1	0	5.43	5.05	14	44	28	6	4	2	9	4	1	0	27			1	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	.79	-0.300	.70	-0.16%	-3.98	1t start tie	3t 12- 0 out d4
20	139	93	Jul 21	BOS		CHW	W,6-1	GS-7	W(8-7)	4	7.0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	5.11	4.81	22	80	55	16	12	5	11	2	0	0	81			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.405	1.11	0.33%	3.56	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
21	140	98	Jul 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,8-9	GS-4		4	3.0	3	5	5	3	3	2	0	5.36	5.00	14	59	33	11	5	3	5	2	0	0	33			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	.82	-0.290	1.95	-0.41%	-2.50	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	141	122	Aug 20	BOS		OAK	W,7-5	GS-3		24	2.2	5	4	4	2	2	2	1	5.53	5.20	15	60	33	8	7	2	8	3	1	0	32			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.276	2.75	-0.46%	-2.92	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out a3
23	142	127	Aug 26	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	GS-6	W(9-7)	5	6.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	5.34	5.18	20	67	46	12	5	3	15	2	5	1	65			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.283	2.94	0.59%	2.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
							13-10		W-L:9-7	4.5	129.2	147	82	77	41	71	25	2	5.34	5.18	561	1934	63%	15%	9%	0.61		23%	9%	13	45		---%	10	9	0	509	30	5	2	9	6	5	.95	-1.201	1.04	-0.78%	-15.70

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